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Yes, God Can Still Use Another Writer

As Christian writers, we are
sometimes filled with a desire to write for the Lord, to use our words to share
His love, whether that is in a direct or indirect way. The only problem is that
the next thought that fills our brains is often doubt, because there are simply
so many other writers doing the very thing that we wish to do. While this is
encouraging and uplifting to see others who have accomplished our own dreams,
it is also a bit intimidating. We wonder, if there are so many others, does God
really need me?

Today, I’m here to tell you that He
does. God uses everyone and anyone who is willing to open up their hearts and
allow Him to do amazing, radical things in their lives. That most certainly
includes writers.

In fact,
writers are incredibly impactful tools in God’s plans. We can impact those who
are much further than what can reach on our own, because the written word, whether
it is on paper or a screen, can travel far and fast in short periods of time.
Words are what He has used from the beginning, and he will continue to use them
until the end.

Words are
descriptive. Words are powerful. Words are what breathed live into our very
world, when God first spoke our universe into existence. And if words were what
God chose to set the world into motion, to sculpt the peaks and carve out the
seas, to cast the sun into the sky and hang the stars in place, why shouldn’t
they still have miraculous power today?

As
writers, words aren’t just something we use;
they are our craft. Our days are spent shaping and arranging each word to
create impactful and beautiful pieces that have the power to change the world.
Because we aren’t just writers; we’re
world-changers, my friends.

If you
ever find yourself doubting if God could really use you when there are better,
faster, and more popular writers doing what you envision yourself one day
doing, kill that doubt right then in there by reminding yourself of all that
you can do. I

It doesn’t
matter that there are others doing
what you do. Missionaries don’t second-guess if they should go into the field
just because others happen to be doing the same work elsewhere. They go,
because that is what they feel called to do.

So that’s
what we need to do. We need to stop telling ourselves “but” and “what if”, and
start writing. It doesn’t matter what you write, whether it’s fiction, poetry,
non-fiction or anything in between. All that matters is if you start writing
and if you are determined to not stop until you are finished, until every feeling
and thought within your heart has been transformed into words on a page.

God’s
words have the power to change the world, and so God’s writers have the power
to change lives for His great glory. One simple sentence could change someone’s
entire reality, if it nudges them in the right direction. In His direction.

So get writing, friends, because one sentence to start things
is all it takes. God will do the rest.